News
Overnight ramp closure from US 69 to US 169 for pavement repair March 23, 24
CLAY COUNTY — The Missouri Department of Transportation will CLOSE the ramp from eastbound U.S. Route 69/Vivion Road to southbound U.S. Route 169 in Clay County for pavement repair operations, evening and overnight, beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23 until 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 24. Motorists are encouraged to seek an alternative route. All…
Community Living
5 Northland communities connect at multi-chamber event
CLAY COUNTY — Business leaders and professionals across the Northland gathered March 10, at Centerline North Volleyball and Pickleball, 4201 NW Cookingham Drive, for a collaborative networking event featuring five area chamber business organizations.
Multimedia
Gallery | Baseball jamboree
Kearney, Liberty, Liberty North and Smithville baseball in jamboree Saturday, March 14 at Creekside Baseball Complex.
Special Sections
Entertainment
Slightly Off Broadway Theatre ready for ‘A Fate Worse Than Death’
CLAY COUNTY — “A Fate Worse Than Death” comes to Slightly Off Broadway Theatre, 114 N. Marietta, Excelsior Springs, this coming weekend.
Opinion
Sunshine Laws keep government in the light
As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously described, sunlight is the best disinfectant. In American democracy, that idea takes legal form through Sunshine Laws. These open-record laws require government agencies to conduct business transparently and make public records accessible. These laws are among the most powerful tools citizens and journalists have to hold their…